Standard Activities

Standard activities for all tax applications are activities that are not included in Master Group activities. These are not activities per se, but they do share the characteristic that the Copy number field is the primary means of identification.

To determine the standard activities for each tax application, review the Required Fields tab in the Data Connection Build report. Standard activities are represented by form names that have a Yes in the column labeled Copy (column C) that are not Master Group activities.

The numeric identifier for standard activities is also represented by an Organizer data field often labeled Activity Number, but other labels are also used, such as Set Number.

The activity number for a standard activity represents the numeric identification of the activity but does not necessarily represent an activity’s position in the activity group. This represents a very important difference between standard activities and Master Group activities:

The activity number of a standard activity can be (but is not always) the same as its position in the activity group. Therefore, the Copy number of a standard activity may or may not be the same as the activity number.

The activity number for standard activities is assigned the Data Dictionary field names ACTIVITY NUMBER, SET NUMBER, and PROPERTY NUMBER, among others.

When a standard activity is exported, the Copy number is exported as the activity’s position in the activity group without regard for the value of the activity number.

The value of the activity number is exported as the data value for the corresponding field name, such as ACTIVITY NUMBER, SET NUMBER, PROPERTY NUMBER, and so forth.

For imports, data values are inserted into a standard activity based upon the Copy number and without regard for the activity number.

The Data Dictionary field name ACTIVITY NUMBER is a reserved field name and should not be used in any context other than to represent the activity number for a Master Group activity. In some instances, the term is used to represent the activity number for standard activities, but that practice should be discontinued and existing instances corrected.

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Last Modified: 02/23/2021

Last System Build: 10/18/2022